Shrine in Peoria, Illinois, offers beauty via reproductions of the work of the renowned artist. Reproductions of the work of the famed 15th-century artist adorn St. Mark’s in Peoria, Illinois. (photo: ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

“I, for my part, can truthfully say that whenever I see this painting, it seems to be for the first time, and that I can never have my fill of it.” Thus wrote Giorgio Vasari, known as the father of ...

Art lovers braved the icy rain on April 12 and flocked to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to pay homage to its latest exhibit, Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth. While navigating the gallery, visitors ...

Blessed Fra Angelico produced various depictions of today's Gospel story of the Annunciation. Although the 15th-century Dominican painter created significant variations on the same scene, it is said ...

Fra Angelico, detail of the predella panel of "Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata" (1428–29), part of the Franciscan Triptych altarpiece, collection of the Musei Vaticani, Vatican City (all photos ...

The veiled symbolism of the artist's marble and stones has largely flown under the radar, but these mystical depths are too profound to miss out on. It can feel faintly absurd to write about the early ...

This exhibition overwhelmed me; during three days in Florence, I visited it again and again. I had expected to see serene and beautiful images, but I had no idea of Fra Angelico’s range of both tone ...